Pune: A citizens’ group, Sajag Nagrik Manch, has written a letter to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) urging for steps to recover over Rs 343 crore worth pending water charges from govt authorities.According to the data collected by the group through the Right to Information Act, dues worth Rs 342 crore are yet to be recovered…
Pune: A 40-year-old worker from Jharkhand died and 10 others were injured in a brawl between two groups during their drinking session at a construction workers’ colony in Tathawade late on Sept 14 night.The groups exchanged heated words after one side objected to the others creating a ruckus after consuming liquor. The situation took an…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday called on former Pune MP Suresh Kalmadi who has been admitted to a private hospital in Pune. “It was a planned visit. Pawar enquired about Kalmadi’s health. The former MP greeted and spoke to Pawar,” Ankush Kakade, spokesperson of NCP (SP), told TOI. A close Kalmadi aide…
Pune: A group of MLAs representing Marathwada met deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuyesday, requesting the state govt to announce a wet drought so that immediate financial assistance can be given to the affected people. Heavy rain continues to create havoc in the usually rain-deficit region.NCP MLA Raju Navghare from Hingoli’s Basmat constituency, RSP…
Pune: A 53-year-old retired bank officer from Dattawadi filed a complaint with the Parvati police on Monday, alleging that his nephew (31), along with four other family members, defrauded him of his life savings of Rs 4.06 crore by impersonating an Intelligence Bureau officer between Jan 2020 and Aug this year.The police said the nephew…
PUNE: Around 4,000 medical officers across Maharashtra will observe a one-day token strike along with more than one lakh allopathic doctors associated with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and thousands of resident doctors from various govt medical colleges. This action is certain to bring the healthcare system in the state to a standstill on Thursday,…
Pune: Three people have been arrested for hacking several credit cards and using the details to buy cellphones and other items from different e-commerce websites.Wagholi police arrested Aslam Mofid Khan (22) of Kaimur in Bihar and Adib Rizwan Khan (21) and Farhan Ibrahim Unwala (25) of Surat in Gujarat. As many as 45 expensive cellphones…
Pune: The state CID on Tuesday claimed a major breakthrough in the Rs3,500 crore fraud by Dnyanradha Multistate Cooperative Credit Society Limited in Beed following the arrest of Archana Kute, the society’s business promoter (director) and wife of its chairman Suresh Kute, and director Asha Padmakar Patodekar, from Pune.The CID’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar unit also seized…
Pune: E-bike taxis might be set to start by the end of Sept across Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). However, in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, things are still uncertain as three companies that had reapplied for a licence for operations have faced rejection yet again. State govt on Monday fixed the rates of the transport mode…
Pune: The state govt has approved a new comprehensive policy to regulate hoardings on govt land, making advertising agencies solely liable for any accidents or safety lapses. As per a govt resolution (GR) issued by the revenue and forest department on Monday, district collectors have been empowered to identify land, finalise hoarding sites, and carry…
